This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
1
Fragmentary notice lists the Alcomba Store and i. P. O Byrne on Shields Street Cairns with uncertain commissions and location references. unreadable text hints at commercial or district identifiers without clear action or dates.
The World’s News by Cable reports on Clermont flood scenes, debris, and damage including railway, Federal Hotel, and Main Street washouts. Provides mining, commercial notes and features on Miss Una Maxwell and local prizewinners.
A. J. Draper Ltd advertises numerous allotments and houses for sale across Cairns Kuranda Mareeba Babinda and Innisfail areas. Listings include allotments on Sachs Draper Sheridan and Mulgrave roads with mentions of vicinity to stations wharf and main roads, varied sizes from 1 to 24 acres, and terms including deposits and weekly payments. Some entries note existing dwellings on sites and modern improvements.
Under Agreement extending to 6th June 1921 all new business likely protected. Chairmen include GW Gray, MLC, Jag Love, Eng, Jas Miime, Esq, W H Hart, Esq. Head office: Brisbane.
Weather remains hot with sudden squalls and rare rain in Mareeba. Community events include a charity social at Coldies Hall raising funds for St George's Church, films shown, and a bishop visit planned with an at home in church grounds. Dr Millett departs hospital, Dr Perkins succeeds, moonlight social planned, and a recent circus drew crowds.
The Moving Picture World notes Willard Mack’s shift to writing for American studios and addresses a Congress backed law restricting use of the Boy Scouts brand in film. The piece discusses legal concerns, public misunderstanding, and production challenges during a recent project with Louise Huff and director G. Vignola, amid studio quarantines and cast restrictions.
The piece recounts an accident where a woman injured by an explosion is treated for a bruised rib while photographer Percy Hilbourn and others are knocked down. It also critiques noisy cinema audiences and notes Miss Pickford’s rescue tale and a sea filming accident aboard the Eddie Miner. It mentions Miss Fickieed and Scotch fishermen in Cincinnati with biographical asides.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.